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Willamette University presents Driving Under the Influence

SALEM, Ore. -- Willamette University Theatre will present its
second show of the 2007-08 season, Nick Zagone's Driving Under the
Influence, Nov. 9, 10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m., and Nov. 11 and 18 at 2
p.m., with a preview performance Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. The performance
will be in the Kresge Theatre at Willamette University.

"Life," they say, "is what happens to you while you're busy
making other plans." Find out what John Lennon and Yoko Ono meant
as you follow eight crazy kids past their post-high school daze and
on into suburbia, marriage, 2.5 kids -- or not -- and you'll see
it's more fun when life doesn't turn out as planned.

Visiting playwright Zagone, who graduated from Willamette in
1990, is a founding member of Open Circle Theatre in Seattle. He is
winner of the International One-Page Play Competition in New York,
the Mark A. Klein Playwriting Award, a Seattle Times Footlight
Award, a Fulton Opera House Award and an artistic director's
Achievement Award from the San Fernando Valley Theatre League
Alliance. Zagone has worked with the Mark Taper Forum in Los
Angeles, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT and Printer's Devil in
Seattle, Cal-State Stanislaus and Stage 3 in Sonora, Calif. His
screenwriting credits include the short Brainstorm and the feature
Ricky Is Famous. He also has his own production company, Quality
Pie Theatre.

Directing will be guest artist Marc Friedman, whose recent
directing credits include Texts for Nothing by Samuel Beckett, The
City Wears a Slouch Hat by Kenneth Patchen and John Cage, Bleeding
in the Dark, and dramaturgical work for Hand2Mouth Theatre's
original show, Repeat After Me. Friedman currently teaches with the
Northwest Children's Theatre and is a member of the Voice and
Speech Trainer Association.

To purchase tickets, call the Willamette University Box Office
at (503) 370-6221 or contact them via email. Opening night is $12,
and $8 for students and seniors. Most other evening performances
are $10 for general admission and $6 for students and seniors.
Contact the box office for specific pricing and details. The
Willamette campus is located at 900 State Street in Salem. For more
information contact the Theatre Department at (503) 370-6222 or
visit the theatre
website.